PSYC 3480 Study Guide - Final Guide: Sigmund Freud, Penis Envy, Social Learning Theory
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Discuss the stages of prenatal sex differentiation; show that you understand the. Prenatal sex differentiation = the biological processes that influence the making of our physical sex: chromosomes. At conception, egg w/ 23 chromosomes combine with sperm. 23 pairs in total, the last pair is sex chromos. Women supply x chromo, men supply x or y in their sperm: gonadal development. If female, gonads develop into ovaries: androgens = male sex hormone secreted by testes to ^ wolffian ducts development, estrogens = female sex hormones via ovaries, development of internal reproductive organs, external genitalia. Androgen ^ growth of ext genitals, developing penis. Genital tubercle in xx becomes clitoris: brain differentiation. Define intersexuality and describe any two disorders that result in intersexuality. For each one, show that you understand the physical basis for the atypical physical development that characterizes the disorder. Intersexuality = intermingling of female and male sexual characteristics. Sex organs and physical characteristics are neither strictly male nor female.
